Raw Foods Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Raw Foods Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area is the metropolitan area surrounding San Francisco Bay in Northern California. It is composed of cities and towns in over nine counties. There are a number of raw food restaurants in the city of San Francisco City and a few more in other parts of the Bay Area. Most people who prefer to eat raw or live food do so because they believe these are healthier.

Café Gratitude

The first of five Café Gratitudes opened by environmentalists Matthew and Terces Engelhart is on 20th and Harrison in San Francisco. The menu in Berkeley is exactly the same. They call their restaurants "live food" cafes, and each item in their menu consists of two names with a short description of what it is. For instance, an item under Juices is named I Am Healthy and Green Juice, which is kale, celery, apple, and ginger. Under Desserts, there is I Am Perfect and Pecan Pie, which is pecan butter-date filling in a macadamia nut crust.
Café Gratitude
1730 Shattuck Avenue (at Virginia)
Berkeley, CA 94709
(415) 824 4652 (press option 3)
cafegratitude.com/

Planet Raw

The menu of this restaurant is preceded by a warning to those with allergies since they use nuts and exotic mushrooms in their food, "together with what has naturally occurred in the aging process" of their Nama Shoyu soy sauce. They offer appetizers, soup, salads, entrees, drinks and sweets. They also offer "Uncooking" classes and advertise themselves as a "100 percent organic, vegan, and vegetarian restaurant." They are open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. except Sundays.
Planet Raw
260 Golf Club Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 849 4500
planetrawwalnutcreek.com/

Alive! Vegetarian Cuisine

This restaurant does not offer wheat nor grains nor any meat or animal products. The items in the menu are prepared at temperatures below 180 degrees to preserve their nutrients. Owner and Executive Chef Leland Jung takes pride in its food as being healthy, well-balanced, fresh and delicious. They have a lunch and a dinner menu, and do catering. They are open daily from 5 to 9 p.m., except on Mondays and Tuesdays. They offer validated parking at the Lombard Street Garage, about half a block away.
Alive! Vegetarian Cuisine
1972 Lombard Street (near Webster)
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 923-1052
aliveveggie.com/

Judahlicious

Judahlicious is enrolled as a Green Business in San Francisco, meaning it complies with environmental regulations and meets "program criteria for conserving resources, preventing pollution and minimizing waste." Its menu has over twenty types of juices with combinations of some of the following: carrot, apple, kale, beet, greens, ginger, garlic, beet, celery, parsley, mint, seaweed, lemon, wheatgrass, raspberry, strawberry, avocado, banana, mango, coconut and pineapple. It also has hot beverages, "munchables" and breakfast, and other raw and vegan foods. They are open everyday from 9 a.m.
Judahlicious
3909 Judah Street (corner 44th)
San Francisco, CA 94122-1121
(415) 66-JUICE
judahlicious.com/

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